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Sunday Morning
April 19, 2015
I am putting the finishing touches on today's newsletter while sitting in a Waffle House on the way home from Camp Tuscarora and the SR-7B Conclave.  I think I spent 15 hours trading patches Saturday so I'm ready to get home. :)  I'll take today's issue to tell you a little bit about the action in the trading shelter. 
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Friday night is always a slow start to the patch trading because along with arriving and pitching a tent there is a show and Vigil Re-dedication on the schedule.  We also had crossed signals with some people trading in the traditional shelter that has the been the spot for years and others going to the dining tent.  I was one of the lonely people in the tent so I had to push Saturday to make up for lost time.

 

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Literally as I walked out the dining hall from breakfast there were already patch traders sitting at tables hard at it again.  I was set up by 9 AM and traded until midnight only breaking for meals.  It was a marathon but if you get to trade patches non-stop for just a few days out of the year why not take advantage of it.  It's not an Olympic sport but it is a whole lot of fun!

 

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There was a great mixture of adults, seasoned youth and brand new traders under the shelter.  I swear their was one youth that came and traded with me more than 2-dozen times usually with a single patch in his hand each time.  I told him I was easy to trade with and apparently he agreed.  The other great thing about an event like this was the fellowship of being around other Scouters and collectors.  I talked to many folks who get the newsletter and their kind words were much appreciated.  

 

Maybe to the annoyance of some I took lots of pictures and video of the patch trading Saturday.  My plan is to put together a big compilation video later today and have it ready by Monday.  When I told some of the Scouts they were going to be on YouTube some of them thought they were hot stuff.  In five days I get to turn around and do it all again at the SR-5 Dixie Fellowship.  In fact I have a Scouting event every weekend until Memorial Day.  Life is good!  
 
 
Your brother in the cloth,
 

Jason Spangler
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